How To Enable Hibernation In Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04

When Installing Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 or Upgrading from older Versions the Hibernate Option is not available.Hibernate won't work properly with Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.Thats why Hibernate Option is not enabled default.

If You  need You can give life to the Hibernate Option in Ubuntu. 

In this Tutorial I will tell you how to enable Hibernate in Ubuntu.

In the above image there is no Hibernate Option 

Step 1: Open Terminal and Change to Root user

           

           $ sudo su 

Step 2: For Hibernation we need to create a policy file 

         # gedit var/lib/pollit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/hibernate.pkla 

Step 3: copy or type the below lines in the hibernate.pkla file.If you are typing type as it is. 

       [Re-enable Hibernate] 

       Identity=unix-user:* 

       Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate 

       ResultActive=yes 

Step 4: Restart Your System

Step 5: After Logged in Check it Hibernate option will show before Shutdown option

Thats it.................................

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